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Strength of material
Question bank
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Numerical problems
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1 1.Simple stresses Problem on simple stresses and strain
2 1. Simple stresses Problem on stepped cross section
3 1.Simple stresses Problem on three modulus of
elasticity
4 1.Simple stresses Problem on lateral strain and
Poisson's ratio
5 1.Simple stresses Problem on composite section of
equal length
6 1.Simple stresses Problem on thermal stresses in bars
7 1.Simple stresses Problem on shears stresses
8 1.Simple stresses Problems on Euler’s formula
9 2.Principal stresses and planes To find stresses on a given plane.
10 2.Principal stresses and planes Problems on Finding the Principal
stresses and planes.
11 2.Principal stresses and planes Problems on Thin cylinders.
12 3.Bending Moment and Shear force Problems on Cantilever beam
13 3.Bending Moment and Shear force Problems on Simply supported beam
14 3.Bending Moment and Shear force Problems on Overhanging beam
15 3.Bending Moment and Shear force Problems on standard cases of SFD
and BMD
16 4.Moment of Inertia Problems on Parallel and
Perpendicular axis theorem.
17 4.Moment of Inertia Problems on Composite standard
sections
18 4.Moment of Inertia Problems on Composite sections
19 5. Stresses In Beams Bending stresses in beam
20 5.Bending In beams Shares stresses in beam
21 6.Direct and Bending Stresses Problem on direct and bending stress
in beams
22 6.Direct and Bending Stresses Condition for no tension at base of
section
23 6.Direct and Bending Stresses Problems on C clamp
24 7.Torsion To find Power Transmitted by shaft
25 7.Torsion To find the diameter/diameters of
shaft
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TYPE 1. PROBLEMS ON STRESSES AND STRAIN.
1. A steel rod 500mm long and 20mm 10mm in crosssection is subjected to axial
pull of 300 KN.If modulus of elasticity is 2 105 N/mm2 .Calculate the elongation of
the rod.
(Ans: 3.75mm)
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2. A hollow cylinder 2 m long has an outside diameter of 50mm and inside diameter
of 30mm. If the cylinder is carrying a load of 25 KN. FInd the stress in cylinder ,
also find deformation of the cylinder E=100 Gpa.
(Ans: Stress=19.9 N/mm2 , Deformation= )
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3. A load of 5KN is to be raised with the help of a steel wire. FInd the minimum
diameter of wire if stress is not to exceed 100 MPa.
(Ans: d=7.98mm)
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4.In an experiment a steel specimen of 13mm diameter was found to elongate
0.2mm in a 200 mm gauge length when it was subjected to a force of 26.8 KN. If
specimen was tested within elastic range, Calculate Young's modulus for the steel
specimen.
(Ans: E=201.9 103 N/mm2 )
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5. A hollow cast iron column has internal diameter 200mm. What should be
external diameter of the column, so that it could carry a load of 1.6MN without the
stress exceeding 90 MPa.
(Ans: d=250mm)
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6. A brass rod 1.5 m long and 20mm diameter was found to deform by 1.9mm under
tensile load of 40KN. Calculate the modulus of elasticity.
(Ans:Modulus of elasticity=100 .51 103 N/mm2 )
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7.A bar 500mm long and 22mm in diameter is elongated by 1.2mm under the
effect of axial pull of 105 KN. Calculate intensity of stress,strain and modulus of
elasticity..
(Ans:stress=276.22 N/mm2 ,strain=2.4 e-3, E=115.09 e3)
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8.A mild steel flat 75mm wide, 150mm thickness and 1.5 m long is subjected to pull
of 45 KN. If elongation of flat is 0.6380mm. Find the young's modulus
(Ans:E=9.52e3 N/mm2 )
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9.An alloy bar 1m long and 200mm2 in cross section is subjected to compressive
force of 20KN. If the modulus of elasticity is 100GPa. FInd decrease in the length of
bar.
(Ans:1mm)
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(Ans:-0.035mm)
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7.
(Ans:-0.1142mm)
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8.A steel bar of 20mm diameter is loaded as shown in figure. Determine the stresses
in each part and the total elongation. Take E=210 GPa.
3. An alloy bar 2m long is held between two supports. FInd the stress developed in
the bar, when it is heated through 30 K if both the ends (i) do not yield (ii) yield by
1 mm. Take the value of e and alpha for the alloy as 120 GPa and 24 106 /K .
(Stress= 86.4 MPa, 26.4 Mpa)
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4. An alloy bar 6m long is held between two supports by a steel rod 25 mm diameter
passing through metal plates and nuts at each end.. The rod is held at temp. of 100
0
C.Determine the stress in the rod, when the temperature falls down to 60 0 C, if
(i) do not yield
(ii) yield by 1 mm. Take the value of e and alpha for the alloy as 200
GPa and alpha = 12 106 /K .
(Stress= 96 MPa, 62.6MPa)
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5. Two parallel walls 6m apart are stayed together by a steel rod 2.5 cm diameter at
a temperature of 80 0 c passing through washers and nuts at each end. Calculate
the pull exerted by the rod when it has cooled to 220 C if,
(i) do not yield (ii) yield by 1.5 mm. Take the value of E & alpha for the alloy as
200 GPa and 11 106 /K .
(Stress= 127.6 kN, 77.6m/mm2)
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6. A steel bar of 30 mm diameter is heated to 800 C and then clamped at the ends. It
is then allowed to cool down to 300 c. During cooling, only 1 mm contraction was
allowed. Calculate the temperature stress developed and reaction at the
clamps.Take the value of e and alpha for the alloy as 200 GPa and 12 106 /K
.Take length of bar 10 meters.
(F=70.68 KN)
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4. A point in a strained material is subjected to a tensile stress of 120 MPa and a
clockwise shear stress of 40 MPa. What are the values of normal and shear stresses
on a plane inclined at 25 degrees with the normal to the tensile stress?
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5. A point is subjected to tensile stresses of 200 MPa and 150 MPa on two mutually
perpendicular planes and and anticlockwise shear stress of 30 MPa. Determine the
values of normal and shear stresses on a plane inclined at 60 degrees with the
minor tensile stress.
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2.At a point in sttrained material there is a tensile stress of 80 MPa in horizontal
direction and a compressive shear stress of 40 MPa in vertical direction. There is
also a shear stress of 48 Mpa acting upon each of these planes. Determine the
planes of maximum shear stress at the point along with its magnitude.
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3) Resultant stresses on two mutually perpendicular planes are as shown in figure.
Calculate principal stresses and their directions.
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4) At a point in a stressed element, the normal stresses in two mutually
perpendicular directions are 45 MPa and 25 MPa both tensile. The complementary
shear stress is 15 MPa. Determine the maximum and minimum principal stresses.
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5. At a point in a strained body there are normal tensile stresses of 60 MPa and 40
MPa acting on two mutually perpendicular planes together with the shear stress of
10 MPa. Locate the principal plane and determine the principal stresses.
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Prob.2.Draw bending moment and shear force diagram of a cantilever beam having
AB 4 meters long having its fixed end at A and loaded with a uniformly distributed
load of 1 kN/m upto 2 meters from A and with a concentrated load of 2 kN at 1 m
from B.
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Prob.3.Draw bending moment and shear force diagram of a cantilever beam
having AB 4 meters long having its fixed end at A and loaded with a uniformly
distributed load of 1 kN/m upto 2 meters from A and with a concentrated load of 2
kN at 1 m from B.
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Prob 4. A cantilever beam ABCD is fixed at A and free at D ,such that AB=1 m, BC=
2m, CD= 3.5 m. It carries an udl of 150 kN/m from B and D along with a point load
of 500 kN at point C. Draw shear force and bending moment diagram for this
beam.
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Prob 5. A cantilever 2.4 m long carries point loads of 20 kN and 50 kN at free end
and 1.68 m from free end respectively. It also carries uniformly distributed load of
30 kN/m starting from 0.24 m to 1.2 m from free end. Draw SFD and BMD.
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Pr 6. Draw shear force and bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam AB of 4
m long having its fixed end at A and loaded with uniformly distributed load of 2
kN/m over entire span and point load of 3 kN acting upward at the free end of
cantilever. Find point of contraflexure if any.
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Prob 7. A cantilever beam of span 6 m carries point loads of 8 kN, 6 kN and 4 kN at
free end and 2 m, 4 m from free ends respectively. Draw SFD & BMD.
Prob 8. Draw SFD and BMD
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2.A simply supported beam of span 6 m carries two point loads of 30 kN each at 2 m
and 4 m from left support. The beam also carries a U.D.L. of 20 kN/m between two
point loads. Draw S.F.D. and B.M.D.
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3. Draw S.F.D. and B.M.D. for a beam whose left support is hinge and right
support is roller. The beam has following details :
(i) Span = 8 m
(ii) U.D.L. of 20 kN/m at 4 m from left support.
(iii) A point load of 120 kN at a distance of 6 m from LHS.
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4. Draw Shear force and bending moment diagrams
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5. Draw Shear force and bending moment diagram
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6. Draw Shear force and bending moment diagram.
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7. A simply supported beam ABC has 5m span,is supported between A and C. It
carries uld of 20 kN/m over its entire span. It also carries a point load of 45 kN at a
distance of 2m from left hand support. Draw shear force and bending moment
diagram.
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8. A simply supported beam ABCD is of 5m span, such that AB=2m, BC=1 m and
CD=2m. It is loaded with 5 kN/m over AB and 2 kN/m ovr CD. Draw shear force and
bending moment diagrams for the beam..
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2. A beam ABC is supported at A and B. It is loaded with u.d.l of 20kN/m on entire
beam and a point load of 10 kn at C. Span Ab is 5m and overhang BC is 1m. Draw
shear force and bending moment diagram..
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3.A simply supported beam ABC which supported at A and B, 6 m apart with an
overhang BC 2 m long, carries a udl of 15 kN/m over AB and a point load of
30 kN at C. Draw S.F. and B.M. diagrams.
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2.A triangular section has base 100 mm and 300 mm height determine moment of
inertia about the centroidal axis parallel to axis 1)MI about axis passing through
base 2)MI about axis passing through base 3) MI about axis passing through ape
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3.Find the moment of inertia of a hollow circular section having external diameter
100 mm and internal diameter 80mm about,
1) Axis passing through center 2) About tangent to the outer circle and parallel to
xx axis. 3) About tangent to inner circle
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4.Find the moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section about its centre of
gravity, if the external dimensions are 40 mm deep and 30 mm wide and internal
dimension ar e25 mm and 15mm wide.
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5. An isosceles triangular section ABC has base width 80 mm and height 60mm.
Determine the moment of inertia of the section about the centre of gravity of the
section and the base BC.
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6.A hollow C.I. pipe with external diameter 100 mm and thickness of metal 10 mm
is used as a strut. Calculate the moment of inertia and radius of gyration about its
diameter.
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7.A circular disc has M.I. about its any tangent is . Find the diameter of
the disc.
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8.An equilateral triangle has a side of 150 mm. Find the moment of inertia about
any of its sides.
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9.Find MI of an equilateral triangle of side 2m about its base.
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10.A semicircular lamina has a base diameter 140mm. Calculate the moment of
inertia
1) about centroidal axis 2) about base.
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11.Calculate Polar MI of a square section having 200mm as side.
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12.Calculate polar moment of inertia for a circle having diameter 250 mm.
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TYPE 17. PROBLEMS ON COMPOSITE STANDARD SECTION.
1. Find MI of a “T” section about its centroidal axis having following dimensions,
1) Flange=200 mm 40 mm 2) Web= 200 mm 40 mm
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2) Find Ixx and Iyy for an unequal angle 100 80 10 mm. 100 mm leg is horizontal.
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3) Find MI of a T section 200 20 mm flange and 180 20 mm web about x axis.
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4}A symmetrical I section has the following dimensions,
Flanges=100mm 10mm, Web=10 mm 100 mm. Calculate Polar MI of the
section.
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5)Calculate Ixx and Iyy for an unequal angle section 70 50 10 mm. Take 70 mm
leg vertical
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6)Determine Moment of inertia about xx and yy axis of I section having following
dimensions Top flange : 20 80 mm, Web : 10 280 mm, Bottom Flange :
120 20 mm
{Ans: Ixx=106.4 , Iyy = 3.756 }
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7) A c Channel is shown below find its Moment of inertia about xx and yy axis.
{Ans: Ixx=327.05 }
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3. A circular section 300mm dia carries 100Kn at eccentricity of 30mm find max
and min stress eccentricity.
(Ans 2.54 n/mm2 = )
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4. A hollow circular section having external dia 300mm and internal dia 250mm
carries a load of 100Kn at an eccentricity of 125mm calculate the max and min
intensities of the stress in the section.
(Ans max st=13.73 = )
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5. A hollow rectangular column section 600mm by 300mm outer dimensions and
500mm by 250mm internal dimension carries a load of 15Kn at an eccentricity of
100 mm in the plane bisecting thickness calculate the maximum and minimum
intensities of stress in section.
(Ans = )
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6. A circular bar having 200mm diameter is subjected to a load of 300 Kn is acting
an eccentricity of “e” mm from center if max. stress is limited to 12 N/ . find the
value of e.
(Ans = e = 6.44mm)
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7. A rectangular mild steel flat 150 mm wide and 120 mm thick carries a load of
180 Kn in a plane bisecting thickness if max stress is 14 N/ , Find e.
(Ans = e = 10 mm)
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2. Find the limit of eccentricity for a circular section having dia d mm
3. Calculate limit of eccentricity for a square section having side 20mm.
4. Calculate limit of eccentricity for a square section having side a mm
5. Calculate limit of eccentricity for a rectangular section having size mm
HOLLOW SHAFT
Prob 8. A hollow shaft is to transmit 200 kW at 80 RPM. If the shear stress is not to
exceed 60 MPa and internal diameter is 0.6 of the external diameter, find the
diameter of the shaft.
{ Ans:D=132 mm,d= 79.2 mm}
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Prob 9: A hollow shaft of diameter ratio ⅗ is required to transmit torque of 61465
Nm. the shear stress is not to exceed 63 MPa and twist in a length of 3m diameter
is Calculate the minimum external diameter satisfying these conditions Take
G=84 Gpa.
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Prob 10: A hollow shaft is required to transmit a torque of 36 kNm. The inside
diameter is 0.6 times the external diameter. Calculate both diameters if the
allowable shear stress is 83 MPa.
{Ans: D=............, d=.................. }
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Prob 11: A hollow shaft is required to transmit a torque of 40 kNm. The inside
diameter is 0.5 times the external diameter. Calculate both diameters if the
allowable shear stress is 50 MPa.
{Ans: D=............, d=.................. }
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